Chapter 145: Cowards

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"Oh?" I was immediately interested, "Who?" ”

"It's a coincidence that these of us who should be arrested quickly don't recognize it, but it happened that Lord Yin came to supervise the case, and he recognized it at a glance! This person turned out to be the new envoy of the Salt Division of the Ministry of Households, Wu Xiaoyi and Lord Wu! ”

I felt a pang in my heart: "It's a high-ranking official again?!" ”

"Not really! It happened that the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion came to report to Tianfu, saying that his family had not returned for two nights, so I took him to the morgue to identify the body, and the housekeeper cried on the spot. ”

"Then you have interrogated the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion, can you know the private relationship between Lord Wu and Ji Liusu?"

"Naturally, I asked." Li Lei's face once again showed the light of gossip, "The housekeeper was shocked and denied it again and again, saying that his family has always been clean, and except for a lady in the house, there is not even a concubine, how can he go to the secret door?" ”

I sneered: "It's not up to him to be clean or not, it's not up to him as a housekeeper to decide, man......"

"I think so too," Li Lei smiled with a smile on his face, very unsmoking, "but the housekeeper was afraid that I wouldn't believe it, and added that his wife is the daughter of Xu Ge's hometown, the first assistant of the current cabinet, and Wu Xiaoyi climbed all the way from the new branch jinshi to the fourth grade master, all relying on his father-in-law, he is a typical son-in-law, and he has always served his wife carefully at home, and never dared to disobey him."

The housekeeper also gave me an example, saying that half a year ago, his lord Wu and his colleagues went to the bank of the Qinhuai River to drink a few glasses of flower wine, and when they came home, they were taught by their wife with a feather duster until midnight, and they didn't dare to snort when they were bruised. Let him go to prostitution, that is really to borrow his guts, he doesn't dare. ”

After listening with a frown, Fang squeezed out three words from between my teeth: "It's miserable!" ”

If Wu Xiaoyi is really such a model of strict wife discipline and a model of raking ears, then why he appeared on Ji Tassel's bed in the middle of the night is even more puzzling.

Li Lei and I were lamenting the family status of this Lord Wu Xiaoyi, but we suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the courtyard, accompanied by the iconic hurried tone: "Boss! Boss! ”

The little crab stepped into the door with sweat on his head, and looked up to see me in men's clothes and Li Lei in a fast hunting uniform, his steps obviously stopped, and his eyes became vigilant.

"This is my assistant." I explained to Li Lei. A trace of doubt about the "assistant" flashed in Li Lei's darkened round eyes, and then he lowered his head with an expression of "I'm too tired to ask".

"But what's the news?" Since that morning, I heard those rumors with ulterior motives at Zhang Kee's bakery, so I sent the little crab to the market to investigate, and once there were new rumors, I would come back as soon as possible and tell me, "Li Zhutou is his own person, but you say it's okay." ”

"Really." The little crab nodded very seriously, "Early this morning, there was a lot of discussion in the market, saying that the new salt class envoy, Master Wu Xiaoyi, died on a secret prostitute bed. said that the secret prostitute's name was Ji Liusu, and she was the fourth female ghost in Jinling City who was possessed by evil spirits. ”

Li Lei and I glanced at each other: this rumor really came in time and accurately. "What else?"

"So some people picked up the old bottom of this Lord Wu, saying that he was the son-in-law of Xu Ge's hometown, the capital of the cabinet, and that his wife was the famous and popular daughter of Jinling City, Miss Xu, who had not dared to marry until she was twenty-one years old."

I frowned secretly, the rumors in the market were all information we already knew, and they didn't have much value, "That's all?" ”

Seeing that I didn't look shocked by the "explosive news" he brought, the little crab was a little discouraged, thought about it very hard, and said weakly: "Some people say that this Lord Wu once had a first wife...... Count? ”

Mrs. First? My eyes lit up immediately: "When did he have a first woman?" Where is it now? ”

Seeing that I was very interested, the little crab finally found a sense of value, and the narration danced with eyebrows: "According to people familiar with the matter, this is the case: This Lord Wu Xiaoyi was originally from Hubei, and his family was poor before he won the fame, and he also took a room in his hometown and gave birth to a daughter.

Later, Wu Xiaoyi went out to study and went to Beijing to take the exam, and his wife served his parents at home, raised his young daughter, and worked to make money for Wu Xiaoyi to study and socialize. The family only hopes that he will seek fame and get ahead.

Later, Wu Xiaoyi really entered the Shi and the first, but happened to be wearing red and flowers on the street, and was taken by the eldest lady of the Xu family at a glance. Xu Ge didn't pay attention to this little new science and technology jinshi, but his daughter cried and shouted to marry him, and considering the appearance and temper of his daughter tigress, it was indeed difficult to find her mother-in-law in Jinling officialdom, so he asked someone to be a matchmaker and asked Wu Xiaoyi if he was willing to marry his daughter. ”

"Wu Xiaoyi agreed?" I can't help but wonder, this story sounds familiar.

"Yes! Since becoming the son-in-law of the cabinet with a down payment, Wu Xiaoyi's career can be described as smooth and smooth......"

I quickly interrupted Little Crab's digression: "What about his former wife and daughter?" ”

"That's the sadistic part." The little crab wrinkled his nose, "In order to win the favor of Xu Ge Lao, Wu Xiaoyi deliberately concealed his family and marriage history, and told Xu Ge Lao that his parents were dead and he was not married. Elder Xu Ge responded to this family business. No, it was only two months since he married Miss Xu, and his ex-wife Wu Zhang came to the door. ”

I secretly sighed: It's getting more and more like a story in a certain drama.

Wu Xiaoyi saw that his wife came to the door, he was so frightened that he panicked, ordered the door of the house to be closed and resolutely disappeared, and also ordered his subordinates to prohibit the disclosure of anything with the new lady Miss Xu. Wu Zhang was helpless and searched for a long time before finally intercepting Wu Xiaoyi on his way home.

Wu Zhang's cried at the time to express his intentions, saying that he knew that his wife was no longer worthy of Wu Xiaoyi, who had become a phoenix, but in order to provide Wu Xiaoyi with a book over the years, he had been a disciple of the family, and in order to make up for Wu Xiaoyi's entanglement in Beijing to catch the exam, he borrowed a lot of silver from the landlord. Now the thugs of the landlord's family are forcing the door to collect debts every day, and Father Wu has no choice but to take his wife, daughter-in-law and granddaughter all the way to Jinling to find him.

Wu Zhang said that he did not seek fame, but only asked Wu Xiaoyi to come up with some money to support his parents and raise his young daughter, and he was willing to stay by his in-laws' side to fulfill his filial piety. Wu Zhang's words were very humble, but Wu Xiaoyi was still unmoved, and kept saying that Wu Zhang's was crazy and recognized the wrong person, saying that his parents had died long ago, not to mention his wife and daughter, so his subordinates drove Wu Zhang's away, and threatened that she would be unkind to her if she dared to come again.

At that time, it was a cold day, and the four grandchildren of the Wu family were helpless in the broken temple on the outskirts of Jinling City, and the water and rice did not enter for a few days......

This sad story was suddenly interrupted by Li Lei: "Wu Zhang's didn't think about suing the official? ”

"Sue! beat the drum in front of Ying Tianfu and shouted grievances, but Lord Yin Xue of Ying Tianfu was originally Xu Ge Lao's protΓ©gΓ©, and after taking the case with the front foot, he went to find Wu Xiaoyi with the back foot, and after getting a lot of benefits, even Xu Ge Lao pressed it down without being alarmed, only saying that Wu Zhang's madwoman was just cheating money and climbing nobles......"

After the little crab finished speaking, he realized that the person in front of him was Ying Tianfu, so he stopped his mouth and glanced at Li Lei timidly.

saw Li Lei's face darkened, obviously he knew his boss very well, but he was helpless, "It's okay, you go on." ”

"Wu Zhang's family is completely helpless, and he is penniless and unrelated in the huge Jinling City. Due to the cold weather and lack of food and clothing, her six-year-old daughter died of hunger and cold in the broken temple! A few days later, my mother-in-law also died of grief. Wu Zhang really couldn't bear such a blow, and finally quietly hanged himself with a hemp rope one night. ”

Hearing this story made me feel a pang of trepidation: If this rumor is true, then Wu Xiaoyi is the reincarnated Chen Shimei, who is so cold-blooded that he is not as good as a beast.

"It's not over yet...... Seeing Li Lei slam his fist on the table with hatred, the little crab swallowed a little timidly, "Only Wu Xiaoyi's father is left, he is really sad and angry, he picked up a stick and killed Wu Xiaoyi's mansion, and kept saying that he would kill this beast and unfilial son." However, Wu Xiaoyi happened to go out that day, only his new wife Miss Xu was at home, thinking that Daddy Wu was here to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and listened to his scolding in his mouth. ”

"My father was beaten to death by my daughter-in-law, can Wu Xiaoyi still turn a deaf ear?" Li Lei's voice was a little hoarse, obviously suppressing his anger.

"No, this Lord Wu didn't dare to let go of a fart, so he quietly buried the matter and continued to be his old son-in-law."

"This is simply ......" Li Lei's eyes were red, and he couldn't find a suitable way to summarize Wu Xiaoyi's behavior, "In the past, Luo Dongyang betrayed his friends and occupied his goddaughter, and then Wu Xiaoyi forced his relatives to death for his career...... In my Ming court, there are so many well-dressed beasts! ”

Seeing his indignant look, I suspected that he was going to shoot the case in the next second, and yelled: "Lao Tzu is gone!" ”

After all, it is really embarrassing to go to great lengths to find out the cause of death for these people who deserve to die.

But considering that the case of this female ghost still has to be investigated anyway, I had to pat Li Lei on the shoulder, "It's all rumors, and it may not be true." ”

However, I also feel in my heart that this rumor has a nose and an eye, and it is really unbelievable.

"Yes, yes, the rumors also say that the reason why the secret prostitute Ji tassel went crazy was that the Wu Zhang family, who died in vain, attached to her and asked for Wu Xiaoyi's life."

I shook my head, not believing this statement to be credible, but thinking about another question:

From Luo Dongyang to Wu Xiaoyi, the masterminds behind the scenes first let them die from the fright of "female ghosts", and then exposed their past evil deeds by spreading rumors, what is the purpose?